Receptacle holding and carrying device.



s. voLz. BEUEPTAGLE HOLDING AND CARRYING DEVICE.

APPLICATION PILBI] 0012B. 1907.

Patented June 20, 1911.

IN VEN TOR WIT-M56826.

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I] N ITED STATES- "PATENT OFFICE.

SIMON VOLZ, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, A-SLSIGNO BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY MACHI ERY COMPANY, OF- MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, A. CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

REOEPTACLE HOLDING AND CARRYING DEVICE.

Specification-of Letters Patent.

Patented June 20, 1911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIMON Vonz, resid ing in Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Receptacle Holdin and Carrying Devices, of which the fol owingis a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are a part of this specifica- My invention has relation. to improvements in receptacle holding and carrying devices, more holding and carrying bott The primary 0 ject of the invention is to provide an improved construction of .such character that a maximum holding ca acity islobtained, and at the same time anger of breakage of the fragile receptacles, particularly bottles, is reduced to the minimum.

With the above primary: and other incidental objects in view, t e invention consists of the devices and parts, or their equivalents, as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawing, Fi re 1 is a plan view of the device, part token away; Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 3; Fig. 3 is a vertical central sectional view; Fig. 4 isa cross section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 5 is a detail view of a portion of the device on an enlarged scale. g

The supportingframe work for the;receptacle holder. may 'be of any desirable construction, but I prefer to employ the specific construction s own on the drawing, wherein. is provided a plurality of le s 4, preferabl four in number. These 1:; are converged toward each other up ardly and their lower diverged ends are provided with outwardly extending flat feet 5. Glamped between the under sides of these feet and the upper sides of blocks 6 are the outer ends of flat arms 7. These armsextend inwardly, and are connected to the under side of the lower member of a twopart supporting device, the said lower member of the supporting device being indicated by the numeral 8, and the upper member thereof by the numeral 9. Interposed between the two members is a plate 10, and the said two members, the late, and the arms 7 "are secured together y means of bolts 11. The upper member .9 of the particularly to devices for.

'1 nd 0 the'shaft. de'red ball bearing cup 18,i the shoulder supporting device is provided with a central screw threaded o ening 12, and connected to the threads is the ower threaded end of an upright tubular column 13. Within the lower end of this tubular column and seated on the plate 10 is a ball bearing cup 14, having an upwardly extending rin 15 which forms apocket for antifriction ialls 16. To the upper end of the tubular column is securely connected the upper converged ends of the le s 4.

i It is desira le that the receptacle holder hereinafter specifically described should be capable of rotation. In order to provide for this I em loyanupright shaft 17 which is surrounds by, but not in contact with, the tubular column 13. The lower end-of this shaft extends into the ring 15 and rests on the antifriction balls 16. In order to provide for adjusting the antifriction balls as they wear away, a screw 18' is turned through the lower member 8 of "the supporting device, and the upper end of this screw bears against the late 10. Itis obvious that by turning t e screw upwardly the plate 10 is raised at a central portion, and consequently the ball bearin cup is raised therewith, whereby the bal s are brought into closer bearing contact with theilower end of the shaft. It may also be desirable to em loyantif'riction hall's near the upper I therefore show a shoulthereof being seated on the upper end of the tubular column 13. This cup carries antifriction'balls 19 which take the bearing of an enlargement or collar 20 formed on the shaft near the upper end thereof.

In devices of the character of the present invention, it is frequently necessary to move the holder from one position to another. I therefore show in connection with the device casters 21, which are preferably ball bearing, and are swiveled to the under sides of the blocks 6, so as to be capable of turning freely in both directions.

Theupper extremity of shaft 17 is in the form of a squared tenon 22. This tenon passes through a square openin in a plate 23, preferaby of disk form, an the end of the tenontakes thereon a nut 24 which is turned down a ainst the plate and thereby clamps said p ate to the collar 20 of the shaft 17.

25, preferab Secured to the under side of the plate, and radiatin outwardly therefrom are arms fir four in number, and 1n the form of T-jrons, the heads of the Ts being uppermost. Parallel with arms 25 and secured to and extending outwardly from the upper side of the plate, are other arms 26, a so preferably in the form of T-lrons. Each air of arms 25 and 26 are secured to the p ate 23 by means -of bolts 27. The stems of the T-irons 26 extend downwardly and rest on the heads of the T-irons 25.

A series of rings 28, preferably of metal and round in cross section, are arran ed in succession concentrically around the circumference of the plate 23. These rings are spaced a desired distance apart, and the stems of the upper arms 26 are provlded each with a series of recesses 29 in order to permit of the passage therethrough of the rings. The rings, therefore, are clamped between the several pairs of arms 25 and 26, and therccesses 29 of the u per arms assist in retaining thcrings spaced the proper distance apart.

In order to avoid dan er of the rings 28 breaking the bottles, or at er receptacles, the

said rings are covered with a series of sections of flexible tubin 30, preferably composed of rubber. Eac section covers that portion of the. ring between two pairs of the arms 25 and 26, so that the portion of each under portions.

ring which asses through the recesses 29 of the stems o the arms 26 is left uncovered, and this for the reason that the bottles do not come in contact with said portions of the rings (see Figs. 2 and 4). In the drawings, several of the bottles, indicated by the numeral 31ers shown pro erly placed in the space between two of t e rings, neck down. As the device is primarily intended fora bottle holding and carryin device, the spaces between the rings should be so graduated as to accommodate the necks of the particular size of bottles for supportin which the device is to be used.

f no means were provided to guard against "it, the bottles would be apt to tilt s1dewise and work out of position. To prevent this I secure to each upper arm 26 a guard rail 32. These rails'are secured to said arms by bending down and under the ends of the rails to such position that the bolts 27 will also pass through said bent By reference the guard rails are also covered with a flexible tubing 33 preferably of rubber.

From the fore oing description, it will be seen that I provi e a construction-capable of accommodating the maximum number of bottles, or other receptacles, and that. there is little or no danger of breakage of the bottles either during insertion of the same in place or in the moving of the holdcr'from one point of location to another. The construction isalso such that the insertion of the bottles in place is attended with but the slightest difficulty, so, that the work in that particular can be accomplished in the shortest possible space of time.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a receptacle holding device, the combination with a frame of a holder mounted on the frame, said holder comprising a series of concentric rings spaced a distance apart to form a series 0 concentric circular spaces, the said spaces adapted for the accommodation therein of the receptacles to be held.

2. In a receptacle holding device, the combination of a frame, an upri ht shaft rotatable in bearin' in the ame, a rigidly supporte at the upper end 0 the shaft, concentric rings surrounding the plate and spaced a distance apart to forms series of concentric circular spaces, the said spaces adapted for the accommodation therem of the receptacles to be held, and means extending from the plate for supporting the concentric rings.

3. In a receptacle holding device, the combination of a frame, an upri ht shaft rotatable in bearin 1n the ame, a late rigidly supports at the upper end 0 the shaft, arms'extending outwardly from the plate, and concentric rings supported by the arms, said rings forming a series of concentric circular spaces the said spaces adapted for the accommo ation therein of the receptacles to be held.

4. In a receptacle holding device, the combination of a frame an upright shaft rotatable in hearings in the frame, a. plate igidly su ported at the u per end of the :haft, pairs of arms extendi hg out from the plate, the two arms of each pair being arallel and extending out, ,es ectively, om the upper and under sides oi the plate, and the upper arms being of T-iron shape in cross section with the stems thereof extending downwardly and" bearing against the heads or upper sides of the lower arms and provided wlth recesses, and concentric rings passing through therecesses of the stems of the upper arms and clamped between the two arms of each pair, said rings forming a series of concentric circular spaces, the said spaces adapted for the accommodation therein oft e receptacles to be held.

5. In a receptacle holding device, the combination of upwardly converged le arms secured to the lower ends of said egs and extending inwardly, a supporting device secured to the inner ends of the arms, a tubular column connected to and extendin upwardl from-the supportin devicean having t e, upper converged en 9 of the legs secured thereto, an upri ht shaft surrounded b. the tubular co umn, the lower end of sai shaft having its bearings in the supporting device, and the upper end of the shaft extending through the tubular colwire or rod adjacent thereto, so as to form,

a series of spaces for the accommodation therein of 'the receptacles tobe held.

7. In a receptacle holding device, the combination of a'frame, a holder mounted on the frame, said holder comprising a series of concentric rings spaced.a distance apart,

- to form circular spaces for the accommodation therein of a plurality of the receptacles to :be held, and guard rails placed at intervals apart and across said wires or rods.

6. In a receptacle holding device, the com- .binationof a frame, an upright shaft rotatable in bearings in the frame, a plate rigidly supported at the upper end of the shaft, pairs of arms extending out from the plate, concentric rings clamped between the arms of each pair and spaced a distance apart to form circular spaces for the accommodation therein of a plurality of the receptacles to be held, and guard rails above the upper member of each pair of arms, said rails having their ends bent downwardly andsecured to the upper member of each arm.

In testimony whereof, I .afii'x my signature, in presence of'two witnesses;

SIMON vonz.

Witnesses:

A. L. MoRsELL, ANNA F. SGI-IMIDTBAUER. 

